Science
Space Wars: the manual
The idea of a war in space is no longer science fiction, but our international laws on extraterrestrial conflict are unclear, says the editor-in-chief of an upcoming military manual for outer space. Audio
How stress can affect your body
Most of us know too much stress isn't healthy, but a new study has discovered how it can affect our immune system and make us more vulnerable to disease. Audio
Could supercharged drugs fight the superbugs?
Antibiotic resistance could leave humanity returning to an age when simple infections were fatal and surgery was life threatening, the World Health Organisation says. Australian researchers say… Audio
Who's got your DNA?
Who has access to your DNA? More importantly...do you?
Most people now have the right to access their lab results and DNA data. But that doesn't mean the companies that hold that data can't access it… Audio
Grip on weather data too tight - report
MetService and NIWA's tight restrictions on the use of weather data is stopping innovators from creating useful products, a government report says.
Marine heatwave: 'It's never been that hot before'
If you've jumped in the sea this summer and found it to be a surprisingly warm temperature that's because the Tasman Sea is currently going through a "marine heatwave". Since November the water has… Audio
Kitchen science: milk
Michelle 'Nanogirl' Dickinson has just released The Kitchen Science Cookbook. She talks us through a couple of simple recipes that use the science of milk. Audio
'Serious gap' in cosmic expansion rate hints at new physics
A mathematical discrepancy in the expansion rate of the universe is now "pretty serious" and could point the way to a major discovery in physics, says a Nobel laureate.
Prehistoric bat bones unearthed in Otago
Bones from a prehistoric burrowing bat, three times the size of those currently living in New Zealand, has been found in Central Otago.
'Massive' Kermadec eruption rivalled Mt St Helens - study
An undersea volcanic eruption north of New Zealand in 2012 was roughly the same size as the Mount St Helens eruption in 1980, a new study says. Video
Science of Life - Travel with Richard Easther
Auckland university Physics Professor Richard Easther joins Megan to guide her around the universe. This week he's taking us to the centre of the galaxy to the central black hole. He discusses how we… Audio
The real Tower of Babylon
What was the real Tower of Babylon? Why do humans speak so many languages, sometimes over small geographical distances? On this little planet we speak over 7000 distinct languages, but they're… Audio
Suffocated by noise pollution
Whether you're on a bus, turning up your music to drown out the rattling, or sitting in traffic next to honking cars and squealing breaks, there's a lot of sounds around.
A paper from Canadian… Audio
DNA from space!
Until now astronauts have had to send mysterious microbes and organisms back to earth to figure out what they are.
But for the first time, NASA astronauts have successfully sequenced DNA and… Audio
Music and my dad's dementia
BBC Future's Melissa Hogenboom shares the story of how her Dad's love of music helped to slow his onset of dementia and the research behind music's effects on the brain. Audio
Bits+Bytes: chip emergency and Spotify's legal woes
Flawed computer chips, Spotify gets ready to go public as it gets sued for using unlicensed music, why facial recognition will be big in 2018, and another faulty Apple product, this time an iPad… Audio
"Extreme" citizen science
Citizen science has been around a while now, a chance for amateurs to get involved with volunteering and for scientists to get help with collecting data.
But a kiwi group is going further. Government… Audio
New light on Native American origins
An 11,000-year-old skeleton of two children, unearthed in Alaska, is yet another part of the story of where Native Americans come form.
The baby girl's bones have helped clear a few things up thanks… Audio
Kitchen science: sugar
Michelle 'Nanogirl' Dickinson talks us through two simple recipes that use the science of sugar. Audio
Teeth tell story of older lives in the Middle Ages
An Australian archaeologist may have debunked the myth that people in the Middle Ages did not live much past 40 by studying their teeth.
